The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-12-08
STATE news.


--cnwiordviIle nmes.. Old Ns."is having
quite an addition made TO his store on Tailahas-
Zee street judge w. T. Duval will commence
within few days the erectioa Of n commodious
hotel Verify, The long looked for boom has
struck US
-Chipley Times: Mr. W. H. Whatley says he
has about A hogs ready to kill that will average
20 pounds Those nice sausages. you bet.
Chipley is abe hest inland town in West Florida
for oysters We have four to six wagons with
Us from st. Andrews Bay every day.
Monticello Considerations: The railroad from
Townsville TO Monticello will certainly be com
pleled by Nay next The work from the State
line 10 very light and Can be completed 10 few
weeks.. The farmers Of Jefferson county are
nearer free of debt than they have been IN ten
years past Good crops. fair prices and excel
lent health have had their good effect.
-Apopka City CAioa: The Florida Wine
Factory is now In active operation and Is using
several THOUSAND oranges daily. This company
will pay to our citizens, through the Bank OF
Apopka several thousand dollars. They have
some fifteen men employed at good wages. The
capacity Of the works will be again increased
and taey will probably consume two million
five hundred Thousand oranges next season
Lake City C.fis,s A brave citizen had
eight with John last Saturday. John whipped
him badly II WAS demi-lohn. John is still al
him. Mr.. ID. L. Geer. of Factory 1876 Will
shortly accompany Mr.. F. A. Gonzales, OF Perry
& Co.'S. factory. to Cuba. for the purpose OF ST.
curing for his patrons supply OF the best tobac-
CO seed Ia be procured on the island.
Cedar Key GUT Iier The supply of fresh
fish for the past week has been in excess OF The
demand. 4 very fine lot OF blue fsh arrived by
Sharpie Pompano on las; Sunday and were
shipped Ia New York. The work of placing
the machinery of the new ice factory has been
going on this week, somewhat retarded by The
lack of Transportation for the heavy boilers from
The railroad depot.
-Punia Gorda Beacon: The Morgan steamers
going Ia New Orleans take Il big load OF oranges
with them every trip. One thousand and three
hundred boxes were loaded on the Hutchson
last Saturday. The rate of So cents box Is do
Ing The business. The city of Naples down
south Of Us few miles, is beginning series of
improvements which will bring il into notice in
the near future Naples is figuring for rail.
rad one Of these days.
-Kissimmee L<1der: Dixie Bcgrs, of Orlan.
Do, has hired n and will soon make ks
simmee his Headquarters Tor The practice OF law.
For the 4S hours ending at SIS p. M, Nov
ember 2Sih. there Were five new cases at veil W
fever al Tampa: and yet in the forenoon OF that
DAY Dr. kilmer landed in Orlando fresh from
the fever injected district at Tampa where lie
had been caring for the fever victims. Is our
quarantine worth what IL is costing:
Green Cove Spring: The freight traffic OF
the J. T. & X. W. road 10 be very large
al present Two additional freight trains have
becE out on the ROAD during the week, and the
5p. m down train usually consists Of between
- and 80 cars. The large passenger steamer,
Queen of the ST. Johns, after al interval Of sew
ersl years, has resumed her trips ON the river.
The steamer will run to Sanford twice in each
week, connecting al Jacksonville with the Clyde
Line. and touching al Green Cove.
DE Funiak Springs Critic. The repairs on
the Hotel Chautauqua are nearly completed and
The rooms being rapidly put in order for
guests. Col. W. J. D. Cawthon shipped a car
load Of sheep and one OF cattle yesterday morn
ing They were undoubtedly the best that have
ever been shipped from this place. j. Jensen
has the contract of furnishing the flooring for
the Mariana Hotel After examining the pro-
ducts of all the mills near Mariana the decision
was in favor of Mr. Jensens flooring as the best.
This Is a deserved compliment and proves that
DE Funiak is in the front ranks as lumber pro-
ducing market.
-Brooksvile Register The contract to build
The Brooksvie branch OF the Orange Belt Rail
road has been awarded 10 Mr.. Fred Boyer, OF
this place. Capt Armistead is the crack shot
OF this neck OF woods Last week he and party
Of gentlemen went out hunting and got fifty
two birds, twenty-six of which were killed bv
the Captain and Gen. Wall, the balance being
divided among half dozen or so amature hun
tiers. 80. The delay in the artesan well was occa-
e;ORed by q mistake in ordering a machine for
boring, il having a capacity of only 1000 feet,
whereas the contract calls for 1900 feet. An
other machine has been ordered and will be
here soon when the work will proceed 10 a
speedy completion.
Orlando Reporter: A savings bank has been
organized, and is rapidly getting ready for busl-
nese. The gentlemen having the m alter in hand
are Capt T. J. Shine, Capt. J. B. Parramore
and Mr.. y. c. Poyntz, all OF whom are of such
commercial standing as 10 warrant prediction
Of success The new bank will be distinct in
siiiuiion, although its location has not yet been
decided upon. Sam Bass a former citizen OF
Orlando. was up from Kissimmee Tuesday He
said things were beginning TO liven up down
there. and that the Disston Drainage Company
had put TWO dTedges to work in the Kssimmee
River. Hamilton Dission is down there examin
ing The situation, and is supposed TO be contem
plating some important move in connection with
The reclaimed lands.
Orange City Times The orange crop OF thi
section is not any larger than the crop of las
SEASON. but the fruit as general thing is NOR
uniform and brighter. The public schoo
teachers Of the county held very interestin,
session at Lake Helen last week, and their mex
regular session will probably be held at this plac,
before the close of the present school term
The Times lie in receipt of letter from Jno. E
SiillmaD, who has recently settled with his fam
lily al San Diego Cal He says" that portion o
California is on a boom, but her climate is n,
better than that OF this State and that there j
no comparison in fruits. Florida excelling be
yond measure" San Diego has fine harbor
but with the exception of narrow territory, th
land is worthless, uninviiing, and has sadne.
about il that makes one weep.
Plant City Courier: Eleven carloads of rail
road iron passed down the s. F. on Thursda,
evening for the Tampa extension. The sub
jeci of urging upon the Governor of the Stat,
the importance of calling an extra session of tn,
Legislature for the purpose of working up some
kind of State Board of Health IS gainin.
ground rapidly. Anything that will do AVA
with this stupid, senseless local quarantine bust
ness would be godsend 10 the State. .Afte
the freeze and frost Of the first part of last week
and everything quieted down SO nicely in yellow
fever matters, our people began TO congratulate
each other on the near prospect of the quaran
tine being raised, when 10 and behold, the new
comes 10 US that from some unknown caus
Polk county had increased her quarantine forces
II seems now that our scary Deighbors on tn
east OF US determined I" to fight it out on tina
line if il takes all winter"
Pensacola Adodnce- Gazette ). President Chip
lev has issued proclamation offering one hun
bred dollars reward for the arrest of the miscre
ant who fired into the circus tent last night. anc
wounded an estimable lady. 1t is hoped tn,
scoundrel may be caught and properly punished
During the performance at the circus las
night some unknown person the outside O
a.